50 Heads of HR
from leading Asian and global companies
20 Heads of Executive Education
from top business school
Since 2017, MERIT has been a unique forum for HR and L&D directors of companies from different industries and Executive Education leaders to learn, share challenges and explore solutions together within an international professional community in a focused, highly interactive environment.
The MERIT Summit is a learning showcase, an ideas conference, and a hands-on strategy session with experts and peers, enabling participants to develop a culture of learning, innovation, and growth in their organisations.
Further to our mission to empower people and organisations The MERIT Awards have been designed to award impactful transformational initiatives in the corporate and higher education sectors.
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Building Fluid Workforces and Collaborative Workplaces
08:15 – 09:00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09:00 – 09:15
09:15 – 09:30
10:30 – 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:05
Best Practices shortlisted for the MERITS Awards
Randstad – LBS: Transformational Leadership in the Digital Age
CADIF – emlyon: Leading with Care and Ambition
TCS - INSEAD: Transform and Grow – “Ablaze” and “Arise”
Telia-Aalto EE 5G Boost Development Program
12:05 – 12:55
UNCONFERENCE, PEER CONSULTING
12:55 – 13:55
NETWORKING LUNCH
13:55 – 14:00
AFTERNOON ENERGISER
14:30 – 15:05
Best Practices shortlisted for the MERITS Awards
The SoftwareOne Academy
Preparing Undergrads for the World - Hult BBA Redesigned
The Early Adopters Program
Deutsche Telekom - One Minute to Arrive
15:05 – 15:35
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
15:45 – 18:00
WORKSHOPS
15:45 – 16:45 Living the Human from the Human Resources
Rodrigo Barreto, Marketing, Leadership and Behaviour Change Consultant, PeopleSmart SAS
15:45 – 16:45 Create more business value with People Analytics –
How Brambles is building a data-driven HR function?
Cedric Borzee, Learning Director, Insight222
Alexandre Piotrowski, Global Head, People Analytics & Insights, Brambles
15:45 – 16:45 Create Psychological Safety and Fail Forward
Mehmet Baha, Founder & Senior Consultant, Solution Folder
17:00 – 18:00 How to build sustainable careers within organizations
Lesley Vanleke, Co Founder, TalentLogiQs
Victoria Feldman, Head of Learning & Development, Amazon
17:00 – 18:00 Three Simple Yet Powerful Practices to Drive Organizational Agility
Ana Gloria Sanchez, Global Transformation Change Lead - CORE Program, Bayer
Max Sather, Co-owner & Agile Transformation Lead, August Public Inc.
18:00 – 19:00
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
20:30 – 22:30
GALA DINNER at Restaurant Mirabe
08:45 – 09:15
WELCOME COFFEE
09:15 – 09:20
OPENING DAY 2
10:20 – 10:45
Best Practices Shortlisted for the MERITS Awards
myHRfuture PLAY at Brambles
The Career Fitness Journey at Fontys University
AESE Business School Leadership Accelerator for PwC Portugal
10:45 – 11:15
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
11:15 – 12:15
UNCONFERENCE, PEER CONSULTING
12:45 – 13:05
MERITS AWARD CEREMONY
13:05 – 13:15
SUMMIT WRAP-UP
13:15 – 14:30
NETWORKING LUNCH
Building Fluid Workforces and Collaborative Workplaces
08:15 – 09:00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09:00 – 09:15
09:15 – 09:30
10:30 – 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:05
Best Practices shortlisted for the MERITS Awards
Randstad – LBS: Transformational Leadership in the Digital Age
CADIF – emlyon: Leading with Care and Ambition
TCS - INSEAD: Transform and Grow – “Ablaze” and “Arise”
Telia-Aalto EE 5G Boost Development Program
12:05 – 12:55
UNCONFERENCE, PEER CONSULTING
12:55 – 13:55
NETWORKING LUNCH
13:55 – 14:00
AFTERNOON ENERGISER
14:30 – 15:05
Best Practices shortlisted for the MERITS Awards
The SoftwareOne Academy
Preparing Undergrads for the World - Hult BBA Redesigned
The Early Adopters Program
Deutsche Telekom - One Minute to Arrive
15:05 – 15:35
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
15:45 – 18:00
WORKSHOPS
15:45 – 16:45 Living the Human from the Human Resources
Rodrigo Barreto, Marketing, Leadership and Behaviour Change Consultant, PeopleSmart SAS
15:45 – 16:45 Create more business value with People Analytics –
How Brambles is building a data-driven HR function?
Cedric Borzee, Learning Director, Insight222
Alexandre Piotrowski, Global Head, People Analytics & Insights, Brambles
15:45 – 16:45 Create Psychological Safety and Fail Forward
Mehmet Baha, Founder & Senior Consultant, Solution Folder
17:00 – 18:00 How to build sustainable careers within organizations
Lesley Vanleke, Co Founder, TalentLogiQs
Victoria Feldman, Head of Learning & Development, Amazon
17:00 – 18:00 Three Simple Yet Powerful Practices to Drive Organizational Agility
Ana Gloria Sanchez, Global Transformation Change Lead - CORE Program, Bayer
Max Sather, Co-owner & Agile Transformation Lead, August Public Inc.
18:00 – 19:00
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
20:30 – 22:30
GALA DINNER at Restaurant Mirabe
08:45 – 09:15
WELCOME COFFEE
09:15 – 09:20
OPENING DAY 2
10:20 – 10:45
Best Practices Shortlisted for the MERITS Awards
myHRfuture PLAY at Brambles
The Career Fitness Journey at Fontys University
AESE Business School Leadership Accelerator for PwC Portugal
10:45 – 11:15
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
11:15 – 12:15
UNCONFERENCE, PEER CONSULTING
12:45 – 13:05
MERITS AWARD CEREMONY
13:05 – 13:15
SUMMIT WRAP-UP
13:15 – 14:30
NETWORKING LUNCH
Learn from thought leaders, HR and L&D directors, professors, executive education experts, and learning innovators. Exchange knowledge and experiences with peers in interactive workshops and unconference sessions.
Speakers Barcelona , May 2023
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Xavier Mendoza
Director General, Professor
Strategy and ManagementEsade
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Claire de Carteret
Regional Director, EMEA. Gallup
Learning and Business SolutionsGallup
-
Markus Graf
Vice President, Global Head Of Talent
Novartis
-
Ana Gloria Sanchez
Global Transformation Change
Lead - CORE ProgramBayer
-
Victoria Feldman
Head of Learning & Development
Amazon
-
Mark Mortensen
Associate Professor of Organisational
BehaviourINSEAD
-
Natasa Prodanovic
Head of Lean and Agile
Center of ExcellenceCoca-Cola HBC
-
Jean-Louis Magakian
Professor of Strategy and
Organisationemlyon business school
-
Christophe Coutat
Marketing, Leadership and Behaviour
Change ConsultantPeopleSmart SAS
-
Duygu Barutcu
Global HR Squad Lead, Employee
WellbeingDeutsche Telekom
-
Joana Ogando Campello
Program Director
AESE Business School
-
Alexandre Piotrowski
Global Head, People Analytics & Insights
Brambles
-
Renate Deken
Global Head of Learning & Development
Randstad NV
-
Linda Irwin
Senior Client Director
London Business School
-
Ronan Gruenbaum
Global Director of Undergraduate
Learning & DevelopmentHult International Business
School -
Kati Illikainen
Director, Partnerships
Aalto University Executive
Education and Professional
Development -
Juan Rovira
Lecturer, Department of People
Management & OrganizationEsade
-
Gilles Basset
Director of Executive Customised
Programsemlyon business school
-
Marco Garita
Global Academy L&D
Project ManagerSoftwareOne
-
Trisha Fountain
Managing Director, Digital &
Open Enrollment ProgramsUniversity of Michigan -
Stephen M. Ross
School of Business -
Jelle Tiepel
User Experience Designer
Fontys University of Applied
Sciences -
Adam McGonigal
Chief Executive Officer
AirBusiness Academy -
an Airbus company -
Nathalie Nawrocki
Executive Director of Corporate
PartnershipsINSEAD
-
Cedric Borzee
Learning Director
Insight222
-
Max Sather
Co-owner & Agile
Transformation LeadAugust Public Inc.
-
Lesley Vanleke
Co Founder
TalentLogiQs
-
Chris Pether
Founder & Managing Director
PeopleSmart
-
Christophe Coutat
CEO & Founder
Advent Group
-
Mehmet Baha
Founder & Senior Consultant
Solution Folder
-
Xavier Mendoza
Director General, Professor
Strategy and ManagementEsade
-
Claire de Carteret
Regional Director, EMEA. Gallup
Learning and Business SolutionsGallup
-
Markus Graf
Vice President, Global Head Of Talent
Novartis
-
Ana Gloria Sanchez
Global Transformation Change
Lead - CORE ProgramBayer
-
Victoria Feldman
Head of Learning & Development
Amazon
-
Mark Mortensen
Associate Professor of Organisational
BehaviourINSEAD
-
Natasa Prodanovic
Head of Lean and Agile
Center of ExcellenceCoca-Cola HBC
-
Jean-Louis Magakian
Professor of Strategy and
Organisationemlyon business school
-
Christophe Coutat
Marketing, Leadership and Behaviour
Change ConsultantPeopleSmart SAS
-
Duygu Barutcu
Global HR Squad Lead, Employee
WellbeingDeutsche Telekom
-
Joana Ogando Campello
Program Director
AESE Business School
-
Alexandre Piotrowski
Global Head, People Analytics & Insights
Brambles
-
Renate Deken
Global Head of Learning & Development
Randstad NV
-
Linda Irwin
Senior Client Director
London Business School
-
Ronan Gruenbaum
Global Director of Undergraduate
Learning & DevelopmentHult International Business
School -
Kati Illikainen
Director, Partnerships
Aalto University Executive
Education and Professional
Development -
Juan Rovira
Lecturer, Department of People
Management & OrganizationEsade
-
Gilles Basset
Director of Executive Customised
Programsemlyon business school
-
Marco Garita
Global Academy L&D
Project ManagerSoftwareOne
-
Trisha Fountain
Managing Director, Digital &
Open Enrollment ProgramsUniversity of Michigan -
Stephen M. Ross
School of Business -
Jelle Tiepel
User Experience Designer
Fontys University of Applied
Sciences -
Adam McGonigal
Chief Executive Officer
AirBusiness Academy -
an Airbus company -
Nathalie Nawrocki
Executive Director of Corporate
PartnershipsINSEAD
-
Cedric Borzee
Learning Director
Insight222
-
Max Sather
Co-owner & Agile
Transformation LeadAugust Public Inc.
-
Lesley Vanleke
Co Founder
TalentLogiQs
-
Chris Pether
Founder & Managing Director
PeopleSmart
-
Christophe Coutat
CEO & Founder
Advent Group
-
Mehmet Baha
Founder & Senior Consultant
Solution Folder
Conference pass
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